to accuweather.com and jim dickey. >> another round of soaking rainfall on tap for today in across california. there's an upper-level low pressure spinning in. that's drawing in tropical moisture here. san francisco, through portland. into the seattle area. along with strong, gusty winds. gusts along the coast. in some cases, 60-mile-per-hour to 80-mile-per-hour. inland, 40-mile-per-hour to 60-mile-per-hour, could bring down trees and power lines. rob and paula, back to you. >> jim, thanks a lot for that report. >>> and new this morning, we are hearing from general david petraeus, himself, about the affair that ended his cia career. in a letter to a fellow general, petraeus says his wife, holly, is not kicking him out, despite the affair. he says resigning as head of the spy agency was simply the right thing to do. now, james shelton, that's the general who got the letter, blames paula broadwell for the affair. he says broadwell was a savvy woman who knew a lot more about matters of the heart. >>> with the fiscal cliff looming in just over a month, high-level negotiators meet today on capitol